Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores is a list of the top 25 film scores in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute in 2005.
John Williams has the most scores in the top 25, with three: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, and the top choice, Star Wars. Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, and Max Steiner each have two scores listed.
# Film title Year Studio Composer 1 Star Wars 1977 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd. 2 Gone with the Wind 1939 MGM, Selznick International 3 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Columbia, Horizon Pictures 4 Psycho 1960 Paramount 5 The Godfather 1972 Paramount 6 Jaws 1975 Universal, Zanuck/Brown Company 7 Laura 1944 20th Century Fox 8 The Magnificent Seven 1960 United Artists, Mirisch Company 9 Chinatown 1974 Paramount 10 High Noon 1952 United Artists, Stanley Kramer Productions 11 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Warner Bros. 12 Vertigo 1958 Paramount 13 King Kong 1933 RKO 14 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Universal 15 Out of Africa 1985 Universal, Mirage Enterprises 16 Sunset Boulevard 1950 Paramount 17 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Universal 18 Planet of the Apes 1968 20th Century Fox 19 1951 Warner Bros. 20 The Pink Panther 1963 United Artists, Mirisch Company 21 Ben-Hur 1959 MGM 22 On the Waterfront 1954 Columbia, Horizon Pictures 23 1986 Warner Bros., Goldcrest Films 24 On Golden Pond 1981 Universal, ITC Entertainment 25 How the West Was Won 1963 MGM, Cinerama Releasing
External links American Film Institute's 100 Years of Film Scores (winners) The list of the 250 nominated film scores The list of the 25 winning film scores (PDF)